Red Crow is already working with the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla
Tribe on a $12 million medical cannabis production and processing
facility. The plant could open by January 2016, ICT reported.

“The whole concept has potential to be an economic boom for the tribe, if done properly," Mary Belardo, the executive assistant to Chairwoman Mary L. Resvaloso, told ICT.

Marijuana remains illegal under federal law. But a new Department of Justice policy could
open the door to tribes that want to legalize the drug

The policy says state law will be considered in determining whether to
enforce federal drug law in Indian Country. Medical marijuana is legal in
California and the Torres Martinez Tribe will only sell to medical dispensaries, not to private consumers.